Christmas From a Celtic Table Returns to
Los Angeles and Scottsdale!
Award winning Irish actor/director Mary Curtin returns to the West Coast to once again join Irish soprano Margaret O'Carroll and a talented ensemble for a gracious evening of songs, poetry, prose and drama. A Winner last year, a 'Must See!' this Season!
LOS ANGELES PERFORMANCE
Saturday, December 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, Los Angeles Valley College
5800 Fulton Avenue, Van Nuys, CA
Tickets $20, available at
or call 818-784-3805
AND
SCOTTSDALE PERFORMANCE
Friday, December 12 - 7:30 p.m.
6110 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
(480) 596-2660
Tickets available through the Kerr Center
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CHRISTMAS FROM A CELTIC TABLE A Feast of Music, Song, Poetry and Drama
Award-winning Irish actor/director Mary Curtin returns as Presenter and Narrator of Christmas From A Celtic Table. Ms. Curtin is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for acting and directing including Best Actress, Cork Arts Theatre Awards and Best Director/Producer for 'The Galway Girl', 'The Stanley Parkers', and 'The Inside Trap'. And her most recent successes - directing 'A Doll's House, 'Private Lives', 'Translations' and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'..."Riveting theatre" Irish Times, August 2003.
Margaret O' Carroll, Soprano, is among the pre-eminent voices in Irish music today. She is a classically trained singer whose focus is on the performance and recording of Irish song. Her second CD, Silent Night, Oiche Chiuin, has just been recorded on the Kerry Records label for release in 2004.
Chicago born Kathleen Keane is recognized as one of the world's finest Celtic fiddlers. She has performed with many great traditional Irish artists including Jimmy Keane, Mick Moloney, Roby O' Connell, Johnny Cunningham and Eileen Ivers and toured for two years with Gaelic Storm of Titanic (the movie) fame. She wrote, sang,
played and arranged for their album "Tree" which went to # 2 on the BILLBOARD World Music chart. Most recently Kathleen brought her fiddle to England to play on the debut album "See The Morning In" for RCA.
Pianist Christine Parker, pursued parallel careers in London as a respected coach/accompanist, singer and organist (Ambrosian Singers, BBC Chorus) and often served as rehearsal accompanist for Benjamin Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Georg Solti and others. After relocating to Los Angeles, Christine continued her career as an opera and oratorio coach. Now a resident of Scottsdale, Ms. Parker remains active in performance. She is the definitive accompanist.
